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Since I think this is a build that many new players should find attractive, and yet it has not been posted, let me give it a shot:

   Crossbow Rogue build.

Difficulty * or **. Mostly depending on 2 issues:
- keep track of your attack and damage bonuses from your current position
- understanding the rules about hiding. I recommend reading this:  community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758....

This little guy is about about shooting people in the back, ideally when they did not know where he was at, and leaving the face to face fighting to his allies.

Please note that in heroic, healing has a range of 5, so you do not want to wander too far away from your party.

As a recommendation, or if you feel brave enough to try and build something like this for yourself, check this out: community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758...

I picked Drow for the racial feature that makes it easier to hide, but if you have a different preference, any Dex/Cha race will do. I picked the Outlaw theme for RP reasons mostly, though the power of at-will daze is not to be underestimated.

The basic trick of this build is to gain combat advantage due to being hidden from the monster you are attacking, as a result granting you a +2 bonus to attack and allowing you to apply your striker mechanic called Sneak Attack, which deals additional damage. Because of the First Strike feature, at the start of combat you will have Combat Advantage vs any monster. Use it to make an attack, move at least 3 squares, perform a stealth check, and hide. Each successive turn you either attack from a hidden position, or you move first, stealth check, hide and then attack. You want that CA every turn.

Please note this is not the most optimised version of how this build can work, this is purposely made into a simple version. I did not choose Sneak in the Attack as Utility power, the items picked have few if any features that require in-combat tracking.

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